Tbilisi

Vehicle electrical system repair

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Basic vocational qualification in motor vehicle repair

Programme aim: The vocational educational program's goal is to teach specialists who will be able to diagnose cars, analyse diagnostic data, and execute technical service and repair work on electrical and electronic systems based on it. In the event of a particular request, taking preliminary feasibility into consideration, vehicle software upgrading.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 82 credits
• Duration: 53 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 97 credits
• Duration: 64 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Basic education

Scope of employment and opportunities: After completing the programme, the holder of the basic vocational qualification in light vehicle repair can work as a vehicle brake system technician, an electrician, or a diagnostician.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities:2; 45.20; 45.20.0
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 7231

Programme supervisor: Valeri Jajanidze

Place of implementation of the programme:  Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Vehicle engine repair

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Basic vocational qualification in motor vehicle repair

Programme aim: The aim of the vocational educational programme is to train specialists who will be able to diagnose cars, analyse diagnostic results, and execute maintenance and repair work on engine mechanisms and systems.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 58 credits
• Duration: 37 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 73 credits
• Duration: 48 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Basic education

Scope of employment and opportunities: A person with a basic vocational qualification in auto repair can work as a diagnostician, automobile service mechanic, or engine mechanic (vehicle transport) after completing the programme.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 45.2; 45.20; 45.20.0
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 7231

Programme supervisor: Valeri Jajanidze

Place of implementation of the programme:  Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Print media technologies

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Basic vocational qualification in print media technologies

Programme aim: The vocational program's aim is to prepare trained, efficient, competitive specialists in the field of print media technologies who will be able to perform the profession's major duties. Production of various printed items (magazines, forms, brochures, books, booklets, flyers, stickers, posters, labels, packaging materials, etc.) in accordance with orders from organisations (for example, publishing houses).

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 90 credits
• Duration: 61 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 105 credits
• Duration: 72 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Basic education

Scope of employment and opportunities:

Graduates can find employment as typists in a variety of high-profile businesses, including publishing houses, advertising agencies, editorial offices of magazines and newspapers, printing houses, design firms, and scientific and educational establishments that produce a range of printed goods. Self-employment is an additional possibility.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 18.1; 18.11; 18.11.0; 18.12; 18.12.0; 18.13; 18.13.0; 18.14; 18.14.0
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 4131

Programme supervisor: Tea Baramashvili

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Graphic design performance

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Secondary vocational qualification in digital arts.

Programme aim: The vocational program's aim is to train qualified, competitive specialists in the field of digital arts.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity : 90 credits
• Duration : 69 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity : 120 credits
• Duration : 91 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities: After passing the "Graphic Design Performance" concentration, a person with a secondary vocational qualification in digital art may find work as an illustrator, graphic designer, or technical designer in publishing houses, polygraphic companies, digital printing houses, large-format printing companies, or advertising agencies. Working as a graphic designer or designer's assistant will also be an option. They could work for companies that publish books, magazines, and other publications as a prepress technician.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities:14.0;18.13;18.13.0;
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 3121; 7322; 7323;

Programme supervisor: Tea Baramashvili

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

High Voltage Electrician

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Secondary vocational qualifications in electricity

Programme aim: The aim of this programme is to provide a competitive workforce in electricity by training qualified specialists in high-voltage electricity who control or manage substations and high-voltage power lines, operate power transmission systems from the generation site to the distribution system, and install those distribution systems (power lines, poles, metres, and cables) (consisting of) the operation of systems that deliver the received electricity from the place of production or the transmission system.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 70 credits
• Duration: 49 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 100 credits
• Duration: 69 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities: The graduate can work for any company that owns or manages high-voltage transmission lines and substations. They can also operate systems for transmitting electricity from the point of production to the distribution system and distribution systems, which are made up of poles, power lines, metres and cables that deliver production electricity to the final user from the site or transmission system. Fitter, assistant fitter, and power transmission systems specialist are among the jobs available..

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 35.
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 7411; 7412; 7413

Programme supervisor: Natalia Kereselidze

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, Kakheti Highway #36

Mechanical engineering technician

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Higher vocational qualification in mechanics

Programme aim: The aim of the vocational educational programme is to train qualified specialists in mechanics and metalworking. Mechanical engineering technicians that participate in the design, manufacturing, service, delivery, and repair of technical system machines, mechanical devices, and mechanisms are trained in this vocational education programme.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 120 credits
• Duration: 80 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 150 credits
• Duration: 100 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities: Following programme completion, the graduate can find employment in companies that use machinery and equipment in production processes, including the food industry, light industry, transportation, metallurgy, chemical industry, mineral extraction and processing, agriculture, and other fields. Additionally, the mechanical engineering technician may choose self-employment as a machine builder.

Programme supervisor: Nana Bakradze

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, Kakheti Highway #36

Mechatronics

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Higher vocational qualification in mechatronics

Programme aim: The programme aims to prepare qualified specialists in mechatronics for the planning, installation, programming, testing, commissioning, ongoing service, error detection, and management of modern enterprises' mechatronics systems and machinery.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 120 credits
• Duration: 75 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 150 credits
• Duration: 97 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities: Graduates of the programme are qualified to work as mechatronics technicians in all industries, performing management, planning, installation, programming, testing, commissioning, routine maintenance, and error detection on modern mechatronic machinery and equipment.

Programme supervisor: Khatuna Amkoladze

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, Kakheti Highway #36

Customs Affairs

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Higher vocational qualification in Customs Affairs

Programme aim: The vocational program's aim is to ensure the implementation of a vocational programme that offers a competitive cadre for the customs industry. The program's specific purpose is to train a customs specialist who will be able to perform tasks such as customs border crossing, customs clearance, customs supervision, customs control, and customs representation. The program's purpose is to develop highly competent professionals who will carry out their jobs in accordance with professional ethics, labour, and safety standards. Specialists shall have professional as well as general/transferable skills.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 93 credits
• Duration: 58 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 123 credits
• Duration: 77 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities: Graduates from the programme can find employment in the public sector, such as the Revenue Service's Customs Department, or in the private sector, such as brokerage, consulting, trade, industrial, transport, and logistics firms, diplomatic establishments, non-governmental organisations, and customs warehouses and terminals. They can work as a customs officer at a border checkpoint or for customs clearance in the public sector, or as a customs broker, customs declarant, or customs clearance specialist in the private sector. These responsibilities could be mixed with those of a logistics expert and a customs terminal service department professional. The graduate can pursue further education at higher levels in the fields of business and administration in order to advance in their job.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 52.29, 84.11.
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 3351

Programme supervisor: Nino Topuria

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Garment Production

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Basic vocational qualification in garment production

Programme aim: The aim of this programme is to train a highly qualified specialist in garment production who will be able to construct and perform sewing products for women, men, children, and various purposes, as well as perform and decorate the Georgian national dress in the material, repair, remodel, and restore clothes, repair sewing machines, selection/use of sewing machines, and quality control of sewing products.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 100 credits
• Duration: 71 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 115 credits
• Duration: 82 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Basic education

Scope of employment and opportunities: As a result of the training, the graduate is qualified to work as a tailor and designer in fashion salons, as well as in large, medium, and small garment enterprises. A graduate can establish their own firm - self-employment.

 

Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 13.10; 13.10.0; 14.13; 14.13.0

International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 7531; 7532, 7533; 7543; 8153

Programme supervisor: Lia Lursmanashvili

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Industrial automation

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Higher vocational qualifications in the operation of electronic devices

Programme aim: The aim of the programme is to prepare a competitive industrial automation specialist who provides industrial automation system planning and installation, machine design, programming and parameterization, testing and debugging, execution, diagnostics, and monitoring.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 120 credits
• Duration: 78 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 150 credits
• Duration: 97 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities: After finishing the programme, an individual can work in automated food and beverage production companies, such as those that produce meat, meat products, and fish; juice, concentrate, and canning companies; brewing, alcoholic, non-alcoholic, and mineral water companies; milk and dairy product companies; companies that produce bread and bakery goods; confectionery and pasta; companies that produce oils, essential oils, and spices; companies that process citrus fruits; companies that process medicinal plants; companies that produce combined foods; and companies in the metallurgical, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 33.20.0
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 7421; 8212

Programme supervisor: Lasha Iashvili

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, Kakheti Highway #36

Railage

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Secondary vocational qualifications in railage operation

Programme aim: The vocational program's aim is to develop railage specialists in accordance with the needs of the rail industry.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 90 credits
• Duration: 72 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 120 credits
• Duration: 92 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities: After finishing the programme, the graduate will be able to work in any public or private organisation whose operations are related to rail transportation.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 33.14.0; 33.17.0; 33.20.0; 35.13.0; 42.12.0; 49.10.0; 49.2; 21.0
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 4323, 8311

Programme supervisor: Megi Paturashvili

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Logistics of freight transportation

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Secondary vocational qualifications in logistics

Programme aim: The programme aims to guarantee the implementation of a vocational programme that offers a competitive group of candidates for the field of freight transportation logistics. These candidates will possess the necessary skills to fill out transport and warehouse documentation, store cargo in warehouses, maintain balance, plan freight shipments, describe different types of transportation and choose the most suitable one, collaborate with others, monitor and evaluate, place orders, and supervise cargo loading and unloading.

The program's objective is to prepare highly skilled professionals who will carry out their assigned responsibilities in accordance with labour laws, safety regulations, and professional ethics. Furthermore, experts will possess professional and general/transferable capabilities.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 90 credits
• Duration: 61 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 120 credits
• Duration: 83 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities: Following programme completion, the graduate can find employment in freight forwarding and transport-logistic companies; customs-transport service companies; transport and logistics associations; transport and forwarding companies; trade-logistic complexes at various levels; trade-purchasing and intermediary companies; large-scale finished product distribution companies; distribution and logistics centres; customs terminal complexes; warehouses; and customs warehouses.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 49.41.0; 49.42.0; 51.21.0
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 4323

Programme supervisor: Natia Butkhuzi

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Manufacture of shoes and leather goods

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Basic vocational qualification in the manufacture of shoes and leather goods

Programme aim: The aim of the programme is to train competitive professionals with certified practical skills in the field of footwear and leather goods manufacturing. The students will be taught in the production of shoes and leather goods, allowing them to make shoes and accessories of varying complexity out of leather and leather substitutes under modern individual and mass production circumstances.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 97 credits
• Duration: 61 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 112 credits
• Duration: 72 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Basic Education

Scope of employment and opportunities: A graduate can work as a shoemaker or as an expert in a fashion atelier, as well as in large, medium, or small businesses. Moreover, can set up a workshop and handle specific requests.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 13.99; 13.99.0
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 7536

Programme supervisor: Lela Gergeshelidze

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Artistic processing of wood

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Basic vocational qualification in artistic woodworking

Programme aim: The aim of the vocational programme is to introduce a programme that will prepare a qualified specialist in woodworking who understands the selection of equipment, tools, and materials required for woodworking, sketching and drawing, construction of wooden furniture using computer graphics programmes, woodworking according to a sketch, manufacture of wooden furniture and decorative items in accordance with safety rules, and repair of damaged wooden furniture.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 90 credits
• Duration: 57 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 104 credits
• Duration: 68 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Basic Education

Scope of employment and opportunities: After completing the programme, a person may work as a furniture designer, a manufacturer of furniture for churches, schools, and restaurants, a manufacturer of special furniture (counters, showcases, shelves, and so on), a manufacturer of office furniture, a manufacturer of wooden household items and kitchen accessories, a manufacturer of wooden statues and ornaments, and a manufacturer of wooden inlays. As a producer of colourful mosaics, wooden boxes, jewellery, dining ware, and other such items. To construct a private production and manage one's own business in a furniture manufacturing operation, a wood processing enterprise, or a workshop for the creation of wooden products.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 16.29; 16.29.0; 31.0; 31.01; 31.01.0
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 7522; 7523

Programme supervisor: Ramaz Tkemaladze

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68

Air conditioning

Vocational qualifications to be granted: Secondary vocational qualification in air conditioning

Programme aim: The aim of the programme is to train qualified personnel who can operate the basic ventilation and air conditioning schemes, read the provided work blueprints and, using them, install, service, and dismantle the necessary air carriers and equipment at the location designated by the supervisor; calculate the amount of time needed to complete the ventilation and air conditioning tasks; and identify the materials and supplies needed for the air conditioning system's work. identifying and utilising tools independently.

Capacity and duration of the programme.

For Georgian-speaking students:

• Capacity: 52 credits
• Duration: 40 weeks

For non-Georgian speaking students:

• Capacity: 82 credits
• Duration: 62 weeks

Prerequisite for admission: Complete general education

Scope of employment and opportunities:

A graduate can work as a technical service professional or as an installer of heating and air conditioning systems.

• Code of the national classifier of types of economic activities: 43.22.00
• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) Code: 3431

Programme supervisor: Tamaz Isakadze

Place of implementation of the programme: Tbilisi, M. Kostava St #68